3 Why Regulate? To avoid market failure To foster effective competition To protect consumer interest To increase access to services LEADING TO Abuse of market power Underinvestment Lack of consumer choice Lack of innovation Too high prices 3

4 If dominant firms are unregulated they may demonstrate Excessive Pricing Customers pay high prices Predatory Pricing Competitors go out of business Margin Squeeze Competitors go out of business 4

5 Two approaches Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Ex-Ante Ex-Post Before problems arise Fixes problems after they occur Regulation Competition Law Sets out rules in advance Rules set by precedence 5

6 EU approach to regulation: Ex-Ante and Ex-Post Ex ante approach Defining the market Market reviewed SMP or Dominance found The regulator carries out an assessment into all relevant markets to determine whether dominance/significant market power exists Regulator then imposes remedies where it considers future potential for market abuse Ex post approach A complaint is made under competition law and/or an investigation made by competition authorities into alleged past or current market abuses Market then reviewed under competition law to assess whether the defendant has market power and whether it has then abused it Remedies imposed 6

10 The principle of access and interconnection: any-to-any Incumbent Incumbent New entrant New entrant Access & Interconnection Mobile Mobile International International

11 Connecting networks: Interconnection and Access Economic bottlenecks Access: Using a part of another operator s network Interconnection: Two or more networks communicating with each other Physical: Access to ducts Mobile to Mobile Examples Physical: Access to local loop Virtual: Access to wholesale calls Fixed to Fixed Fixed to Mobile Virtual: Broadband access Potential concerns Refuse access as access strengthens competing firms. Refuse to interconnect as this strengthens competing firms. Offset by benefits interconnecting firms obtain from access to each other. 11

18 VOIP can be used in many parts of the value chain Internet calling (Skype to Skype) Internet calling (Skype to other) Internet VOIP Non-Internet VOIP 18

19 EU Regulation of VOIP - Requirements Area Security Emergency services Caller Location Information Access Quality of service Privacy Requirement Security and integrity of networks and services. Access to emergency services. Provide Caller Location Information (where it is technically feasible ) Availability and reliability of access (although the regulations recognise that this may not apply to network-independent undertakings which may not have control over the networks their service is provided over. The revised directives set out a number of obligations for providers including the right for users to have a detailed contract providers are required to ensure privacy of data relating the services they provide. Requirement are for the providers of Electronic Communication Services (ECS) ECS providers are those that operate a network of some kind Would apply to a VOIP operator like VONAGE Wouldn t apply to a VOIP operator like SKYPE 19

26 Internet v Non-Internet Internet service Data and services Service Provider Eg VOIP Eg IPTV service Internet v non-internet: There has been an attempt to distinguish between internet and non-internet services in the net neutrality debate. However, the distinction is debatable: Non-internet services could include dedicated IPTV service or VOIP service An internet service might be watching TV over the internet (eg BBC iplayer) One access pipe may be used to deliver many services: Cable firms (eg Virgin) deliver both their TV service and broadband service over joined infrastructure. 26

30 EU in more depth Proposed EU Council rules Blocking Blocking access to legal content and services May be required to block as a matter of public policy. Not allowed to block for business purposes Throttling Paid prioritisation Slowing down access to the internet for certain users. Creating of so-called fast lanes for some forms of internet traffic Allowed if different quality of service requirements exist and can be objectively justified Other throttling not permitted Allowed, but must not be a replacement for internet services Shouldn t affect internet services Traffic management Prioritising certain forms of traffic Allowed, should be transparent Rules should be made clear 30

31 EU in more depth Proposed EU Council rules Blocking Allowed for PUBLIC POLICY REASONS not for BUSINESS REASONS Throttling Allowed if there are OBJECTIVE DIFFERENCES between quality requirements Paid prioritisation Allowed, but must not affect STANDARD INTERNET SERVICES Traffic management Allowed, rules must be TRANSPARENT and COMMON RULES needed 31

32 EU Legislation the path to Net Neutrality April 2014 Jan 2015 Mar 2015 EU Parliament proposes suggested measures for the EU Council EU Council proposes measures for all EU states EU Council proposes measures for all EU states The March 2015 seems to allow EU Countries to enact the concept of Net Neutrality in a variety of ways allowing: Paid priorisation: Although subject to the requirement that it doesn t affect standard internet Traffic management: The exemptions from the general principle of no traffic management have been expanded over time to allow operators to take account of potential network congestion. Blocking/Throttling: Operators wouldn t be typically allowed to do this for business reasons, but Governments could require it for public policy reasons. 32

33 US Approach: Clear rules almost Bright Line Rules Applies to all broadband providers Some ambiguity remains No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-harmful devices. No Throttling: broadband providers may not impair or degrade lawful Internet traffic on the basis of content, applications, services, or nonharmful devices. No Paid Prioritization: broadband providers may not favor some lawful Internet traffic over other lawful traffic in exchange for consideration of any kind in other words, no fast lanes. This rule also bans ISPs from prioritizing content and services of their affiliates Broadband services considered telecommunications services: The approach reclassifies broadband services as telecommunications instead of information services. Applies broadly: Applies not just to open Internet services, but other data services (eg VOIP from a cable service) Unclear how this applies to bundled services: Cable operators sell both TV and internet services together. Unclear whether the TV services are also subject to these rules 33

34 Mobile number portability

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